ter Meulen Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

ter Meulen Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), at the Mill. de Meulenaar, the Miller.

ter Meulen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4461:37,8646,389
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

ter Meulen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), at the Mill. de Meulenaar, the Miller.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

ter Meulen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name ter Meulen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname ter Meulen is found most in The Netherlands. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name ter Meulen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 643,972nd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name ter Meulen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of ter Meulen are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 446 people, or 1 in 37,864. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 27 percent live, North Holland, where 20 percent live and North Brabant, where 11 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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